With the world in an undoubted mess, should we be blaming God? After all, he made it for us, so if he’s all-powerful, couldn’t he sort it out for us? It’s a compelling argument against belief in an all-powerful benevolent God, and as an argument it dates back at least to Epicurus, a Greek philosopher who lived about 300 years before Christ. He stated it like this: • Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. • Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. • Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? • Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? As pointed out in the previous talk, this argument is only relevant if the God we believe in is a personal God who cares about us. So let’s re-state the title of this talk, because this is the real issue: Why does a good God let us suffer? Jesus even promised that “in this world you will have trouble” (John 16:33). Why?Read more HERE